Experiencing Fieldwork An Inside View of Qualitative Research [Paperback]

How do you gain entry into a research setting? What tricks are there to learning the rules of the community without alienating the people you came to study? How are good relations maintained with informants? What happens after you leave the field? In Experiencing Fieldwork top ethnographers address these and other questions, bring fieldwork alive for the reader and provide invaluable advice for those entering the field.How do you gain entry into a research setting? What tricks are there to learning the rules of the community without alienating the people you came to study? How are good relations maintained with informants? What happens after you leave the field? In Experiencing Fieldwork top ethnographers address these and other questions, bring fieldwork alive for the reader and provide invaluable advice for those entering the field.Introduction
PART ONE: GETTING IN
Playing Back the Tape - John Van Maanen
Early Days in the Field
Sponsors, Gatekeepers, Members and Friends - Robert G Burgess
Access in Educational Settings
Female Researchers in Male-Dominated Settings - Joan Neff Gurney
Implications for Short-Term Versus Long-Term Research
Experiencing Research on New Religions and Cults - James T Richardson
Practical and Ethical Considerations
Managing a Convincing Self-Presentation - William Shaffir
Some Personal Reflections on Entering the Field
PART TWO: LEARNING THE ROPES
A Walk Through the Wilderness - David M Fetterman
Learning to Find Your Way
Secrecy and Disclosure in Fieldwork - Richard G Mitchell Jr
The Researcher Talks Back - Christine Griffin
Dealing With Power Relations in Studies of Young People's Entry to the Job Market
Encountering the Marketplace - Robert Prus
Achieving Intimate Famillß